STEM @ M.E.T.

Friday 19th May, 2017

“On Monday 24th April, a nationwide excursion took
place at Mount Victoria. Two to four students from each campus from three
states attended, NSW, SA and WA. Also attending were two of the creators,
Andreas and Lewis, the NSW Management Team and Mr McGing.

The StarLAB team spoke to us about the upcoming
competition, Python IDLE and Senses. Python IDLE is an aspect of Python
programming which is used to write code to the rover. The text that you write
shows up on the screen on the rover hardware device. Senses is
the actual senses on the rover hardware which detect a range of senses such as
acceleration, ultraviolet light and temperature. The upcoming competition will
be held in Newcastle, although the crew will not be there. The rover will be
programmed at school.

We had an enjoyable time and were excited
to learn of the upcoming events with StarLAB including the competition and…BATTLEBOTS!”